A marker commemorating Thomas Merton in downtown Louisville, Kentucky. Demonstrations took place in Louisville surrounding the police killing of Breonna Taylor March 13. (Wikimedia Commons/W.marsh, CC by SA 3.0)
He was a white guy, who spent most of his life alone in the woods in a then-Jim Crow region. But the words Thomas Merton, the Trappist monk, wrote on racial justice resonate as strongly today as they did when they were published more than a half-century ago. He was ahead of his time, Gregory K. Hillis, a professor of theology at Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky, told NCR. As a white Catholic, he got it, at a time when people didn t get it. . It is remarkable how insightful he was.
MURRAY â What started out as a simple Christmas gift of a security camera resulted in a video that is making the rounds on social media and warming hearts longing for their family members to be nearby this Christmas.
Last Christmas, Hannah Williams, 24, gave her parents, Chuck and Twilla Williams of Murray, a Ring video doorbell. These devices are intended as a security precaution by recording people at household doorsteps so you can monitor your home from anywhere using a smartphone app. Since the device records video and audio of anything moving in front of your house, it has been known to capture some pretty interesting things, which the company has used to its advantage by frequently posting cute and funny videos different customers have sent in.Â